Combined hatchet, hammer, and nail-extractor.



' N0.'744,804. PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903.

0. R. SAUNDERS. COMBINED HATGHET, HAMMER, AND NAIL EXTRAGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8, 1903.

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CHARLES ROY SAUND-ERSJOF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

COMBINED HATCHET, HAMMER, AND NAIL-EXTRACTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 744,804, dated November 24, 1903.

Application filed August 8,1903.

I9 ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ROY SAUN- DERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Hatchet, Hammer, and Nail-Extractor; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a hatchet and hammer provided with a nail-extractor; and it has for its object to provide such an implement in which the nail-extractor will be at one end of the handle and the hatchet and hammer will be at the opposite end and connected thereto by a sliding sleeve and locking means, so that when the locking means is released the hatchet and hammer head, together with the sleeve, will serve as aperoussion weight, by which the bills or claws of the nail-extractor may be driven into the wood beneath the nailhead for the purpose of enabling the claws to grip the nail-head to extract the same.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear the invention consists in the features of construction .and combination of parts hereinafter particularly described and then sought to be clearly defined by the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure l is a side view of the implement, and Fig. 2 is a side view at right angles to Fig. 1 with parts in section.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the handle of the implement, which for a poris made angular in crosssection, as illustrated, and which is provided with a slidable sleeve 2, provided at one end with a hatchet-head 3 and a hammerehead 4C. This sleeve, with its hammer and hatchet heads, is held in its normal position on the handle 1 by suitable means-for instance, by a locking-dog 5, pivotally connected to the sliding sleeve 2 and having its end passing through the sleeve, so as to enter a hole 6 Serial No. 168,711. (No model-1 made in the handle, and whereby the sleeve, with its hatchet and hammer heads, is securelylocked to the handle, said pivoted dog being under the influence of a suitable spring 7, by which its end is kept in engagement with the hole in the handle. For the purpose of preventing the possibility of the sleeve slipping off of the end of the handle when the locking-dog is released I provide the end of the handle with a suitable shoulder, which may be formed by a split pin 8, passed transversely through the end of the handle, or otherwise formed to prevent the sleeve slipping from oif the end of the handle. The opposite end of the handle is provided with anail-extractor, which is formed of a fixed claw and a movable claw, the fixed claw 9 having a transverse opening 10 formed through it, through which opening is passed the movable claw 11, which is pivoted therein by a pin 12, the side walls of the opening 10 forming cheeks which tend to brace the movable claw. The claws are normally held closed by means of a suitable spring 13, and the movable claw is provided with an extension or heel 14, which when extracting the nail will bear against a fixed surface, and thus insure the claws firmly gripping the head of the nail, and said extension or heel serving as a fulcrum for the handle, which acts as a lever in extracting the nail.

The handle 1 between the claws and the portion upon which the percussion-sleeve, with with its hatchet and'ham mer heads,slides may be of any suitable configuration in cross-section and at a suitable point is provided. or formed with a shoulder 15, against which the blows of the sliding percussion-sleeve will be made, so as to drive the claws into the wood about the nail-head, the portion of the handle between said shoulder and the claws being grasped and held by one hand, while the sliding percussion-sleeve,with its hatchet and hammer heads, is moved up and down by the other hand while imparting the concussion blows. The handle at the point where the shoulder 15 is formed is provided with a shield 16, which prevents the possibility of the fingers of the hand being pinched by the percussion-sleeve when the lower part of the handle is clasped by the hand, and the sleeve, with its hatchet and hammer 4, is used for driv- IOC the side ofthe pivoted claw the pressure of v the handle on said claw will spread the claws so that they will straddle the head of the nail, and by straightening the handle the claws will be brought together in proper position at both sides of the head of the nail. Then by reciprocating the percussion-sleeve so as to impart blows to the shoulder of the handle the claws will be driven into the wood about the head of the nail, so that the claws will grip the nail below the head. Then'by inclining the handle or moving it in the direction of the heel or extension of the movable jaw (the heel or extension resting against a fixed surface) leverage is applied so as to extract the nail.

The purpose of forming the nail-extractor at one end of the handle and the hatchet and hammer heads at the other end is to enable the extracting-claws to reach corners and other places where they would not reach if the hatchet and hammer heads were formed at the same end with the claws, for the reason that one would interfere with the working of the other and the hatchet and hammer heads would prevent the claws reaching nails in corners and other places. Furthermore, by having the hatchet and hammer heads at the opposite end of the handle to the claw both the hatchet and hammer heads can be used for ordinary purposes without any interference whatever from the extracting claws. The purpose of forming the hammer and hatchet heads as a part of the percussionsleeve is to give additional weight to the percussion-sleeve, so that in driving the extracting-claws there is not only the weight of the percussion-sleeve, but also the additional heft given to it by the hatchet and hammer heads forming a part thereof, and thus a more efficient percussion'weight is provided. The advantage of making the portion of the handle upon which the percussion-sleeve slides angular in cross-section is that the hatchet and hammer heads are held more firmly in place in their attachment to the handle, and the locking-pawl has only to discharge the function of preventing the longitudinal sliding of the percussiousleeve on the handle as the hatchet and hammer heads are prevented from rotating on the handle by reason of the angular cross-section given to that portion of the handle. The construction of the parts de scribed also provides a very strong implement of the character named composed of comparatively few parts which are each simple in construction, and the implement as a whole is strong and durable.

If desired, there may be formed a series of holes similar to the hole 6 in the handle, so

that the hatchet and hammer heads may be locked at various points to the handle, thus bringing the hatchet and hammer heads nearer to or farther from the portion of the handle grasped by the hand in using the hatchet or hammer, according as conditions may make it desirable to have the longer or shorter handle.

I have illustrated and described with particularity the preferred details of construction of the several parts; but it is obvious that changes can be made therein and essential features of my invention be retained.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, What I claim is- 1. The combinedhatchet, hammer and nailextractor comprising the handle provided at one end with nailextracting claws and at the other end with a slidable percussion-sleeve open at both ends and carrying, hatchet and hammer heads, located below its outer open end, and means for locking the slidable sleeve to the handle, substantially as described.

2. The combined hatchet, hammer and nailextractor comprising a handle provided at one end with a nail-extractor consisting of a fixed claw and a movable claw having an extension or heel, a slidable percussion-sleeve open at both. ends and mounted upon the handle and carrying hatchet and hammer heads below its outer open end, means for locking said sleeve to the handle, and a shoulder above the claw end of the hammer for the slidable sleeve to strike against, substantially as described.

The combined hatchet, hammer and nailextractor comprising the handle provided with nail-extracting claws at one end, a portion of the handle being made angular in cross-section, a slidable percussion sleeve open at both ends and mounted upon the angular portion of the handle and carrying a hatchet and hammer head, located below its outer open end, means for locking the sleeve to the handle, and a shoulder for the percussion-sleeve to strike against, substantially as described.

4. The combined hatchet, hammer and nailextractor comprising a handle provided with nail-extracting claws at one end, a slidable percussion -sleeve open at both ends and mounted upon the handle and carrying the hatchet and hammer head, located below its outer open end, means for locking the percussion-sleeve to the handle, a shoulder for the percussion-sleeve to strike against, and a shield to the handle beneath said shoulder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES ROY SAUNDERS.

Witnesses:

W. A. WILLIAMS, T. 0. WEST. 

